Kaitlin Wright

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Lakeville, Minn.
High School:
Lakeville

At Michigan
• Two-time CRCA All-American (first team, 2017; second team, 2016)
• Three-time CRCA All-Region team honoree (2016-17; first team, 2015; second team)
• Two-time All-Big Ten first team selection (2016-17)
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Majoring in psychology with a minor in medical anthropology
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2017)

Senior (2016-2017)
• CRCA All-American first team honoree
• CRCA All-Region first team
• All-Big Ten First Team
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat that finished in fifth place in 6:44.812 at the NCAA Championships on Sunday (May 28) at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., helping U-M to a third-place team finish
• Competed in the 1V8 boat that finished in second place in 6:11.194 at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday (May 14) at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, helping U-M to a second-place team finish
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat that helped sweep Louisville with a +14-second win in 6:28.51 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (April 30)
• Member of the 1V8 boat that rowed against Ohio State, Duke, and Notre Dame at Ohio State's Regatta (April 15) at the Scioto River
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat that beat Minnesota (6:28.01, 6:44.43) and Wisconsin (6:21.59, 6:26.67) in the Big Ten Double Dual (April 8)
• Member of Michigan's 1V8 boat that beat Stanford (6:19.0, 6:22.57) but lost to Washington and No. 1 California in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2).
• Rowed in Michigan's 1V8 boat that went undefeated against Harvard and Yale (March 25)
• Rowed on 1V8 crew that clocked in at 6:29.0 and 6:23.194 in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on March 11 and March 12

2015-16
• CRCA Second Team All-America selection
• An All-Big Ten First Team selection
• Key member of Michigan's first varsity eight crew
• Helped Michigan 1V8 to 11th place finish at NCAA Rowing Championships, rowing in No. 7 seat
• On 1V8 crew in No. 7 seat at Big Ten Rowing Championships that finished second in the final in a photo finish with Ohio State in 6:22.794
• Member of 1V8 crew that earned race wins against nationally-ranked crews from Notre Dame, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Radcliffe, Syracuse and Washington State

2014-15
• CRCA Second Team All-Region selection
• Made spring debut on 1V8 crew that finished third (7:28.90) at Princeton on Lake Carnegie (Mar. 28)
• Helped 1V8 earn wins over Clemson (6:20.9) and No. 4 Virginia (6:22.36) at UVA in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
• On 1V8 crew that was narrowly edged by Indiana, finishing in 6:31.93 before clocking in at 6:29.5 for a win over Iowa in the afternoon in a Big Ten Double Dual at Belleville Lake on Apr. 11
• Helped 1V8 finish 2nd (of 4 teams) clocking in at 6:24.40 at Ohio State on Apr. 25
• Helped 1V8 earn win in 6:24.10 over Louisville at Belleville Lake on May 2
• Helped Michigan 1V8 earn second place finish at Big Ten Rowing Championships in 6:44.893 on May 17 at Eagle Creek Park
• Helped Michigan earn eighth place finish (6:27.251) in the 1V8 on 5/31 at the NCAA Rowing Championships on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.
• Michigan qualified for the A/B Semifinal by finishing second in its heat in 6:32.168 on 5/29, then finished fourth in the semifinal in 6:37.173 on 5/30

2013-14
• Helped 2V8 crew win Petite Final in 7:02.998 to finish seventh overall at NCAA Rowing Championships
• Rowed in No. 4 seat for 2V8 crew that finished second (6:45.34) at the Big Ten Rowing Championships on 5/18
• Rowed in winning 2V8 boat against No. 17 Louisville and Michigan State on 5/3
• Member of the winning 2V8 boat that earned a victory over No. 9 Notre Dame on 4/19
• Rowed in the winning 1V4 boat against No. 1 Ohio State on 3/29
• Rowed in the winning 1V4 boat at Oregon State on 4/5

Prep
• Graduated from Lakeville High School (2013)
• Stroked Twin Cities Varsity 4+ and 8+ in 2012
• Rowed in the 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta, placing fifth in the 4+ in her program's first trip to the regatta
• Finished fifth in the 4+ at the 2012 Midwest Regional Championship